Tag: segWit
Litecoin Sustains Price Rise, Posts More Than $1 Bln of Trading Volume in Early July 2017
The cryptocurrency Litecoin continues to register a phenomenal price increase as of early August 2017 leading some market analysts to proclaim it as investment-ready.
The digital currency...
It’s Official: Segregated Witness Will Activate on Bitcoin
Segregated Witness (SegWit) has reached its lock-in threshold.
The long-debated scaling upgrade reached the necessary threshold to "lock in" today at block 479,707 with 100%...
Bitcoin Cash Block Production Accelerates as Mining Difficulty Adjusts
After a slow start, blocks on the newly launched bitcoin cash blockchain are now being mined more frequently.
When the cryptocurrency originally split from the main...
What Happened to Bitcoin Today: A Recap of the Blockchain’s Big Split
It wasn't the first attempt to fork the bitcoin blockchain, but it was certainly the most memorable.
As reported earlier today, Bitcoin Cash, a new cryptocurrency,...
Fork Watch: First Bitcoin Cash Block Mined Included Over 6K Transactions
As Bitcoin.com reported earlier today, Bitcoin Cash miners initiated the beginning of the fork on August 1 at 12:37 p.m. UTC at block height 478558. Now,...
Ethereum Price Surges Past $200 as Bitcoin Judgment Day Arrives
Bitcoin’s judgment day has arrived. Shortly after 12:20 p.m. UTC, Bitcoin Cash forked from the Bitcoin blockchain, effectively creating a new cryptocurrency and airdropping coins to BTC...